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M 3.1md

Earthquake near Hatillo, PR

No earthquake was likely felt in Hatillo in the 24 hours to 2:01 am AST (06:01 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 40 km (25 mi) NW, at 9:00 pm AST on 27 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Hatillo

This page: a magnitude 3.1 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) north of Hatillo, PR, at 5:31 pm AST on 24 June 2018 (21:31 UTC), 123 km deep.

USGS: 8 km N of Hatillo, Puerto Rico

83 km (51 mi) WNW of San Juan, PR · 16 km (10 mi) NW of Arecibo, PR

5:31 pm AST, Jun 24, 2018 · · 123 km deep · released about 1,300 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Camuy Municipio 14 kmHatillo Municipio 14 kmQuebradillas Municipio 15 kmIsabela Municipio 21 kmArecibo Municipio 22 kmSan Sebastián Municipio 30 kmBarceloneta Municipio 30 kmLares Municipio 32 kmMoca Municipio 34 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
5:31 pm AST on 24 June 2018 ()
Where
9 km (5 mi) north of Hatillo, PR · earthquakes near Hatillo
Magnitude
M 3.1 (md)
Depth
123 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Camuy Municipio, 14 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2976 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Hatillo, 9 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Camuy, Carrizales, Corcovado, Quebradillas, Piedra Gorda, Arecibo.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 270,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 12,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 8,500× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.3× more

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 8 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.7 45 km N of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 49 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 7.1 24 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 41 km WNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 6 km WNW of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico · 43 km WSW of this epicentre
  4. 6.1 15 km WNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 42 km W of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 18 km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico · 38 km WNW of this epicentre

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 18.5635, -66.8295. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Camuy Municipio, PR 14 km (8 mi) SSW earthquakes near Camuy Municipio
Hatillo Municipio, PR 14 km (9 mi) SSE earthquakes near Hatillo Municipio
Quebradillas Municipio, PR 15 km (9 mi) SW earthquakes near Quebradillas Municipio
Isabela Municipio, PR 21 km (13 mi) WSW earthquakes near Isabela Municipio
Arecibo Municipio, PR 22 km (14 mi) SE earthquakes near Arecibo Municipio
San Sebastián Municipio, PR 30 km (18 mi) SSW earthquakes near San Sebastián Municipio

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

35 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.2 15 km NNE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  2. 2.8 45 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  3. 2.5 3 km ENE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  4. 2.1 3 km WNW of Maricao, Puerto Rico
  5. 2.4 2 km ENE of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  6. 2.6 3 km NE of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
  7. 2.5 41 km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico
  8. 2.0 4 km SSW of Añasco, Puerto Rico
  9. 1.9 6 km W of Las Marías, Puerto Rico
  10. 2.3 20 km N of Garrochales, Puerto Rico
  11. 2.2 6 km NNE of Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico
  12. 2.1 11 km SSE of Lares, Puerto Rico
  13. 2.0 9 km N of Animas, Puerto Rico
  14. 2.2 1 km W of Rafael Gonzalez, Puerto Rico
  15. 2.1 3 km SW of Maricao, Puerto Rico

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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